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Case Reports
. 2012 Nov;16(6):1029-31.
doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.103033.

Acromegaly in pregnancy

T George Koshy  1 , Simon Rajaratnam, Jiji Elizabeth Mathews, Vedantam Rajshekhar
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Case Reports

Acromegaly in pregnancy

T George Koshy et al. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Nov.

Abstract

Pregnancy in a patient with acromegaly is a rare occurrence. Here in, we report a patient with acromegaly who presented to us in the 2(nd) trimester of pregnancy with visual loss in the right eye. Her vision improved after surgery. She went on to have an uneventful pregnancy and delivered a term baby, by caesarian section. One year following her delivery, she received stereotactic radiotherapy. Subsequent follow-up revealed that her tumor had regressed and her IGF-1 levels had normalized.

Keywords: Acromegaly; pregnancy; stereotactic radiotherapy; surgery; visual loss.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared

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MRI pictures of pituitary tumor-sagittal view-Left-before surgery, Right-after surgery
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